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  • Elektrotech essential for future of energy supply
    Which energy technologies will be able to supply an alternative to oil, gas and coal? That question is essential for the speed of the energy transition and for reducing the ... Read more The post Elektrotech essential for future of energy supply appeared first on Bio Based Press.
  • Rethinking waste by biocementation
    Biocementation was one of the subjects at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia 2025. Researchers from ETH Zurich and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) unveiled it. ... Read more The post Rethinking waste by biocementation appeared first on Bio Based Press.
  • Yuck! – Why Westerners are not likely to embrace insects as food
    A study published in the Nature journal Sustainable Agriculture found that Western consumers are unlikely to accept insects as food. The barriers are psychological, taste-, culture- and price-related in nature. So, do ... Read more The post Yuck! – Why Westerners are not likely to embrace insects as food appeared first on Bio Based Press.
  • Hybrid wind parks, a solution to the congestion problem?
    In the Netherlands, the construction of wind turbines on land has almost come to a standstill. But hybrid wind parks, in combination with a solar park, batteries and an industrial ... Read more The post Hybrid wind parks, a solution to the congestion problem? appeared first on Bio Based Press.
  • Do trees communicate with each other?
    Some suppose that trees and plants communicate with each other through fungal networks, sometimes across major distances -and even help each other. We wrote about that, earlier. But new data ... Read more The post Do trees communicate with each other? appeared first on Bio Based Press.
  • Climate disaster coming, perilous times
    The article in BioScience, The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth, is particularly distressing. ‘We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster,’ is ... Read more The post Climate disaster coming, perilous times appeared first on Bio Based Press.
  • Environmental fate of chemicals in societal use
    Industrial chemicals and chemical products have been increasingly used for practical societal services such as health care, personal care, food preservation, crop protection, housing, and transportation. In most cases, the ... Read more The post Environmental fate of chemicals in societal use appeared first on Bio Based Press.
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